..Not every sensible man will give you advice
and not every advisor is a sensible man.*

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* Abū Aswad al-Duʾalī [d. 69H], Dīwān Abī Aswad al-Duʾalī.]]>ReadingsSat, 29 Oct 2016 17:29:31 -0400Al-Mulakkhaṣ, by Dr. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Fawzān - by: ummsufyaanhttps://www.troid.org/forum/readings/2313-al-mulakkha-by-dr-ali-b-al-fawzan?start=20#2836
https://www.troid.org/forum/readings/2313-al-mulakkha-by-dr-ali-b-al-fawzan?start=20#2836Ḥuthayfah: He is Ibn al-Yamān al-ʿAbsī, a revered Companion, an ally of the Anṣār, and one of the first to embrace Islam. He passed away in 36H, may Allah be pleased with him.

The Muḥaddith al-Albānī [d.1419H], may Allāh have mercy upon him, wrote:(1)

al-Rukn (element): (when present) completes the act that it is part of; and when absent, nullifies the act that depends on it. The rukūʿ, for example, is an element in prayer, so if it is absent, the Ṣalāh is nullified.

al-Sharṭ (condition) is similar to the rukn, except it takes place outside the legal act upon which it relies (for its application). For example, without ablution prayer is rendered invalid.

al-Wājib (obligation) has an established command in the Book and the Sunnah. No proof exists that it is either a pillar or condition. The one who performs it is rewarded while the one who deserts it without a valid excuse is punished.

al-Farḍ (duty) is like al-wājib; differentiating between the two is an invented terminology destitute of proof.

al-Sunnah applies to the acts of worship that the Prophet, may Allāh raise his rank and grant him peace, practiced, invariably or occasionally. He has not commanded it as an obligation. The one who performs it is rewarded, while the one who relinquishes it is not punished nor blamed.